Cima NanoTech inkjet series currently consist of conductive nanometallic silver/copper intermediate inks designed to serve as a platform upon which the company works with customers to build a final ink, engineered for the customer’s electronics application.
The inkjet series begins with optimally-sized silver/copper nanometallic particles. These particles are coated with organic materials which prevent agglomeration when the particles are dispersed in a liquid vehicle. Cima NanoTech uses solvents familiar to and proven in the graphics industry to create the dispersions. Additional solvents, binders, surfactants, and additives modify the properties of the ink to suit the printing system and customer application.
Customers can print inkjet inks through commercial or desktop printing systems. Cima NanoTech's inkjet inks support atomization, piezo and thermal inkjet technologies and are available in solvent-based and aqueous-based formulations with metal loads up to 60% by weight. The inkjet inks include basic formulations designed for printability and conductivity and advanced formulations which include additional properties like adhesion to specific substrates or modified drying time.
